:D no problems

ok, so aware that this is a greenlining thread, and not wanting to turn it into my disco rebuild thread, but hey ho :rolleyes:

so after a good week that started off as "i'll just change my sills and mounts", turned into a bit of an epic "i'll just replace the 18" of each side of my disco from the rear arches forward, including a good chunk of the bulkhead"

anyway, pictures as the yank reminded me about.......











http://s676.photobucket.com/user/nrg-serv/media/disco work/Photo0834_zps2f351c9e.jpg.html













lazy underseal can shaker. amused by the suds caused by higher pressure coolant, due to saw being on high speed. (the can's cable tied to the blade :rolleyes:)






replacement of all the wing mounted stuff.








the cropped bumper, courtesy of sue.
she said I needed it cropping.










many thanks must go out to-

andy, for providing the box for the sills, when I happened to mention "I could do with some box section"

uncle zip, for going to Austria and wanting to store his disco in the shop for a week, thus providing me with a date, therefor transport during the "sill change"

rob for providing me with a td5 disco, when the initial timescale went for a **** due to uncle zip coming back from Austria and needing to get home.

josh "the apprentice" for spanner monkey'ing and doing the menial tasks that everyone hates.

deano, for doing summat, cant recall what but he was there for a night or two. (think his spare wheel carrier was involved)
edit- and providing a new electrode and nozzle for the plasma cutter after I obliterated the originals)

slew, for the endless conversations, coffee making, painting, chocolate cakes, coffee's, conversations, fitting the rear seats, chocolate fingers, loosing the 10mm socket, coffee making, general banter, bastardising the front bumper, hovering, finding the 10mm socket, needle gunning, painting, talking, phone calls and pm's and a minor epic on Saturday night.

my missus for providing dinners over the weekend and washing all the cups.

jack for finding all the cups.

dickfer, for being in Austria.

gonzo, for the occasional totally unrelated conversations allowing a break.

me old man, for fixing all the bits he broke, and replacing bits I'd taken off days earlier only to find he had to take them back off to replace summat underneath them.

me mother, for allowing me old man 9 consecutive "workshop days" when its only usually a Wednesday for tinkering on "workshop day"

and finally, all the offers of "you can borrow my motor" in case I didn't get it finished in time.

the disco is now sat at home, smelling of red oxide and underseal.
and the shop needs sorting out.

THANKS ALL!

:D:tea:
 
just had a quick tot up of time, works out at about 138 man hours excluding the yakking and talking thru jobs others could assist with.
 
Great pics Neil :D:D

I didn't do too bad a job with the angle grinder on the bumper either :cool: Now I can put more rocks into my routes :D:D:D

Poor John, only gets a mention for going away for the week :D
 
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Now I can put more rocks into my routes :D:D:D

:eek: if I'm tagging along then I might be asking about a park n ride option (my D2 gets parked, and I get bounced about in someone else's :D)

I will ask my better half about the latest trips.

Absolutely fantastic job done by all involved in Team Neil on the Disco!

Inspired genius with the paint shaker! :D :cool:
 
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Hi landyzoners, are there any upcoming trips organised? Which maybe I could tag along with? Am new to the site but have been reading the forums for a long time and would like to meet like minded people, cheers
 
Hi landyzoners, are there any upcoming trips organised? Which maybe I could tag along with? Am new to the site but have been reading the forums for a long time and would like to meet like minded people, cheers
trips out are usually by invite only of late, due to a bit of a fiasco on ere'.
be a regular poster in this thread, let us get to know yer, an you'll get an invite.
also have a read of glass website, and familiarise yourself with the greenlane code of conduct ;)
Great stuff Neil ...glad you've got it all sorted :D

cheers. wasn't exactly planned, but needed doing all the same.
still have a bit of fettling to do, like adjusting the door strikers so yer don't have to use yer arse to shut em'.
 
Cheers for reply nrgserv, I am familiar with codes of conduct, I have done a bit of laning previously in a soft roader lol I will start posting then instead of just reading lol
 
Cheers for reply nrgserv, I am familiar with codes of conduct, I have done a bit of laning previously in a soft roader lol I will start posting then instead of just reading lol

;)
we also do (occasionally) a pub meet, and also (occasionally) a workshop meet.
keep yer eye out
 
Where and when's next pub meet? Workshop meet sounds interesting as I'm totally clueless at the moment could do with some general pointers ha cheers
 
It's a 1990 defender 90 300tdi engine, only had it a couple of weeks, starting to find niggles lol doors don't shut unless slammed ridiculously hard rear door won't lock! Moved driver floor mat to find a severely rusted footwell lol I can see my engine haha !
 
It's a 1990 defender 90 300tdi engine, only had it a couple of weeks, starting to find niggles lol doors don't shut unless slammed ridiculously hard rear door won't lock! Moved driver floor mat to find a severely rusted footwell lol I can see my engine haha !

welcome to the world of landrover :p
 

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